British botanist (1934-2022).
Charles Jeffrey (10 April 1934 – 29 March 2022) was a British botanist. He was born in Kensington, England, and went to school in Walthamstow. During his National service he learnt Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists. After his National Service he went up to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating in 1957. He then worked as a taxonomist at the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, until he retired in 1994. He wrote on Botanical nomenclature and in 1969 translated 'Flowering plants: origin and dispersal' by Armen Takhtajan into English. His main research interests were in t